Panbo: The Marine Electronics Weblog Archives

New Year's wishes, of the marine electronics kind
Happy New Year, and mind the leap second
Yaesu VX-8R, sign of VHF handhelds to come?
Grinch alert, fake life raft & EPIRB releases!
Panbo holiday good wishes, from Brooklyn
Broadband Radar, more details
JDC Seawatch, gift for a fair-haired fool?
Nauticast B mod, a "silent" mode switch
AIS mandates in the USA, the Coast Guard speaketh
Online AIS plotting, free sites & photo obsessions
Standard Horizon handhelds, another look
Albatross, N2K in a suitcase
Furuno FA-50 Class B AIS, first impressions
Garmin AP, P47 worthy; how about you?
Arid Bilge, smells better
Super routers, Istaboa & Tenacious
GPS antenna splitting? Yes, but...
WallyNano, pretty in pink and Tacktick
Boat PC, how low can you go?
Cobra Bluetooth cell mic, & Panbo gets audio
METS, field reports
DAME Awards, Navionics &...
Honeywell PC SS radar, wow again!
Navico Broadband Radar, a really big deal?
Navionics TurboView, a homage to NN3D
Poly-Planar MRD-70/RD-44, multi-zone & multi-source
Fusion Marine Stereo, test install
MerCruiser Axius Premier, skyhooked
Raymarine at FLIBS, A & STX & SHD
New Morning, Gulf Stream passed
Simrad at FLIBS, GB65 & MX510
Garmin at FLIBS, 640 & GWS 10
FLIBS, the iPhone effect
KVH & Iridium, newer & smaller!
HDS, a major Lowrance refresh
The Wizard, first impressions
Class B install #2, Digital Yacht bundles
Lake survey photo essay, thanks Navionics!
NMEA new guys #2, Intellian
Class B, name game #2
Gigando iPod interface, on Alexis
Class B AIS, the name game
SPOT gone mega, and FLIBS
Class B installs #1, Brookhouse solution
Maltese Falcon vs Nordic 40, the tonnage rule
Garmin nüvi 500 & GPSMap 640, yipe!
Electronic Marlin teasers, who knew?
AIS Class B, really on the map
The Wizard, prize-worthy antenna magic?
Navionics Mobile, & other iPhone apps
Navico NAIS-300 Class B, FCC certified!
NMEA new guy, Digital Yacht
Icom AIS receiver, and more on Class B
Early autopilots, the motivation
2 new Garmin VHFs, remote mic too
Maptech Navigation, another good home found
SeaVieweR, and more on Class B
Invalid MMSI numbers, a real problem
Meteor, and other Camden Harbor curiosities
Standard Horizon HX850S, first impressions
Class B AIS, finally the FCC Order
A beautiful new helm, in Maine
Class B AIS here?, but worthless?
Deckband 4i, interesting Bluetooth concept
The CAPN, good home found
Garmin in the weeds, an N2K gripe
Garmin GWS 10, N2K weather whirly
5MileWiFi, first impressions & a conundrum
Actisense & Furuno N2K junction boxes, impressions
GeoCoastPilot, early adopters needed!
CellRanger Stix, bummer but...
Planar LX, first impressions
KVH mini-VSAT easy, but what about DHCP?
USS Whidbey Island, a labor day salute
Gizmo PAN, adventures in Bluetooth #1
Cell Ranger Stix, worth a try?
LCX-113 #2, a GPS shoot out
Summer adventures, helped by a Lowrance 113-LCX
Eastward, ho!
Sandrine 2, FLIR Voyager (outmoded!)
Sandrine, world's largest NMEA 2000 network
Bird report, Fleet Broadband & mini-VSAT
Jack Rabbit Marine, down the hole?
SailClever? Sure looks it.
Furuno FI-50 instruments, finally here
XM NavWeather, via Humminbird
Icom AIS Mod, bad idea?
Fuel management 6, Lowrance LMF-400
Planar LX, marine touchscreen monitors
Simrad NX, the only True Malfunction is the N2K
Callpod Dragon V2, boss boat Bluetooth?
iNavX, raster navigation on iPhones
Maptech print, new home at Richardson's
Golden Shellback, waterproof your gadgets?
Fuel management 5, Northstar & Smartcraft
AutoTether, an update
Love thy coax, love thy connectors!
RNC disruption, not as bad as it sounds?
Raymarine A-Series, reloaded
Fuel management 4, Maretron N2KView
Furuno SC-30 satellite compass, so sensitive!
MAATS Innovations, the winners are...
ACR iPro, a GPS EPIRB with a screen
Vegas, baby, w/ da judge
Garmin Radar & Maretron Compass, puzzles!
Fuel management 3, Yanmar & Raymarine
From Colorado to Oregon, Garmin never sleeps
Memory-Map, new tricks and free starter edition
NN3D chart issues II, & some news
Ode to Panbots, far flung & obsessed
Fuel management 2, FloScan
Fuel management part one, Garmin
Furuno NN3D charts, some issues?
Garmin 18" HD radar, the beam width problem
Garmin N2K, the GPS 17x under-deck mount
N2k instruments, in direct sun
Mobilarm VPIRB, interesting idea with the wrong acronym?
Maine wackiness, and Garmin HD
Race course problems in China? Call Pyacht!
Captn Jack's, liquidation?
FOB update, SPOT and AIS OK
Cobra MR F300, a marine Bluetooth cell mic!
NN3D in the U.K., and a Furuno USA apology
Fusion Marine Stereo, an update
Autotether, tests great!
Garmin auto pilot, coming very soon
Standard Horizon Bluetooth, the scheme so far
The U.S. AIS B problem, a Shiney smart workaround
N2K fuel transfer control, aka the "Russ Gauge"
Saildocs, a Gram Schweikert tutorial
AIO PNDs, and writing
Gear puzzle, and Gitana Eighty’s nav station
FOB to Finland, Class B & Spot onboard!
EPIRB testing, definitely possible
EPIRB failures II, the flame war
Raymarine/Garmin, now it's off?
EPIRB failures, where's the meat?
SeaKey v2, a field report
V4 & P+ #3, live tides & currents
HD radar, especially Furuno's
V4 & P+, after a "real" factory reset
Garmin to buy Raymarine, really?
Road trip, w/ mini sat comms
NN3D MFD8, on the water
NN3D & the Q factor, road trip!
Simrad AT10, handy but limited?
V4 & P+, first impressions
Chart ruminations, from an undisclosed location
Maretron DSM250, nice screen config details
Jeppesen NNS MAX Pro, it's shipping!
LED nav lights, a fast moving target
N2K instruments, the big display leagues next?
NN3D shipping facts, & the Time Zero connection
Crazy Lenny "stress test", and a Mad widget
N2K instruments, install details
SPOT share pages, in beta
Vesper AIS WatchMate, smart details
AIS, this 'n' that #7
Simrad IS20s, middle school
Furuno FI-50s, another calibration road taken
Jensen NVX3000PC, a car/boat computer?
Lowrance LCX 113c, good N2K citizen
NMEA 2000 instruments, ready to rock
Lowrance XOG, first impressions
Panbo birthday, three years in the blog mine!
Class B AIS on sale, but not to Yanks!
Garmin video, & a KVH TracVision M3 deal
NMEA 2000, smart mixing
Panbo, NMEA 2000 outlaw!
Enough already! Think summer in Maine.
Another GPS glitch, some Northstars & ? affected
Ray in play, but with whom?
Faria buys Maptech Touch, & where's Maestro? (Updated)
TracMe revisited, today's the day
Speeding w/ Simrad, tracking w/ Garmin
Raymarine A60, revisited
Alpine Electronics, gone boating
Fusion MS-IP500, really here
Garmin GMI 10, first impressions
Bushnell ONIX400, & XM/Sirius merger
Garmin 4- & 5000, what's in the box?
More ST70, & the calibration conundrum
Google marine mashups, the latest
User generated marine content, 1858 style!
NASA AIS Engine 2, as screwy as #1
Capt. Joe crew rescued, AIS helped
MatysOnBoard, all-in-one offshore comms
HotMaps Explorer, 10,000 lakes for $20!
ST70, STng, & N2K, an ironic tale
Raymarine STng, the pin mystery
Raymarine E-Series V4, tons'o'freebies
SPOT's call center, a bunker near Houston!
Engine shut-off systems, Autotether most attractive?
Icom combo VHF/AIS, at least a concept
NMEA 2000 cabling, Airmar's in
C-Map Max recall, zero tolerance
NavNet 3D, taking orders!
Iridium OpenPort, a solid state touché!
Northstar M84, screenshots & more
Lowrance Broadband Sonar, demo impressions
A screenshot feature, do it!
Maptech, big changes coming
Maptech International Charts, prices slashed
eLoran, game on!
PAW, nifty & free Smartphone weather
Humminbird horizon compass, brilliant!
Northstar 725, w/ 705 wireless handsets
NVTI target tracking, demoed
MIBS, the madness
Kagstrom's AIS Simulator, and good B news
Ray ST70, hand's on #1
Actisense QNB-1, N2K breakout box
PassageWeather, first impression
N2K, cable mixing not a big woop
PN-20 vs Colorado, handhelds on ice
RFIDs for DHS, AIS later?
NavNet 3D, moving toward the nitty gritty
MTW DVD's, dump trucks of data
Garmin Nuvifone, the gPhone?
FCC & Class B, Maritel's back!
NMEA 2000, real world issues
SPOT on, Sail's innovation awards
SPOT again, the confusion
Clark Beek, way out there
DeLorme PN-20, first &$?!ing look
Standard Horizon CPV550, another look
ActiveCaptain Mobile, in Beta at last
NMEA awards, performance & reliability?
NMEA 2000, hail the first hobbyist!
Marine electronics maintenance, how to?
Miami's coming, time for a press schedule
Lowrance Broadband Sonar, a "disruptive technology"?
GPS & Solar Flares, a real problem?
GPS & train collide, head's up!
Smart Radio SR261, pirate Class A AIS?
FCC & AIS B, time for action!
Standard Horizon HX850S, VHF/GPS is here
Most innovative M.E. awards 2007, and you?
Garmin Colorado, next gen handheld?
Best new tech 2007, anything for boats?
S/Y Aeolian, an update
Hello 2008, and Gizmo the Large
Nav software info, in Mad quantities
“Sorry Breeze Pleeze”, a happy ending
State of the art, 25 years ago
Merry Christmas, and a happy M.E. year
Nobeltec alert, & other product problems
S/Y Aeolian, waiting for WiFi
More SimNet, plus the handy AT10
"Sorry Breeze Pleeze", a yuletide N2K rant!
More SPOT, & a Globalstar class action suit
AIS on ships, words from the gCaptain
AIS Class B worries, a rebbutal
Winter waypoint maintenance, tips from C-Map
Old instruments #2, Signet's still around
Old instruments #1, Datamarine doubled
EPIRB & USCG, a winning combination
AIS B in the USA, depressing
VuQube, for dockside satellite TV
SPOT, the testing continues
Thinking Kindle? Buy it here!
"Time Zero", the second meaning
NavNet 3D, the buzz continues
Simrad NX Series, third time's the charm?
Simrad GB40, somewhat familiar
Comar, AIS crazy
Alltek engineering, "exactly like!"
Thanksgiving GoGo, share your geekness
SPOT, is hot
Simrad AI50, a lot of Class B for the money
Fleet Broadband, today's the day
GeoNav, coming to the U.S.A.?
Raymarine SPX autopilots, a big refresh, N2K included
Fusion Marine Stereo, iPod right
Garmin 2008, the complete helm
Blue Boat, way to go in Dam
New Simrad Autopilots, 100% NMEA 2000, almost
Axonn tracker, "sailor-tested"
ClearPoint weather, anybody else tried it?
Boat show "siberia", you gotta look!
More 3D & G, are they computers?
RotoKey, RotoCool
Damn condensation, good gig
NN3D & N2K, sweeeet!
Raymarine HD Radar, crisp but not yet Super
Bluetooth VHF headset, coming soon
FLIBS, "expensive" is relative
3D & G, wowsuh!
Interphase SE-200B, on DAME short list
FloScan, doing N2K right
Handheld VHF/GPS/DSC, two coming
AIS Class B in the USA, just "a matter of weeks"
Furuno FI-50 instruments, & more N2K
N2K "Intelligent Gateway", (updated 10/20)
Navionics Platinum Plus cards, 8 gigs!
Maptech Navigator Touch Screen freed, sort of
Alden AE 3300, marine BB WB AIO receiver!
Icom PCR, name a frequency!
AnyTrack redux, flaky in NYC
Xtreme Marine, pulse charging
It's Fall, and maybe a flaky Panbo
N2KView, PGNs get packetized
SeaTalkNG, an N2K parallel universe?
New N2K doodads, easier cabling
Maretron N2K tank level calibration, nice!
Ray G, hints part 2
More Garmin, and a mouse with MOB button!
Hello MadMariner.com, a new sponsor
Garmin 5212, what's wrong with this screen?
W&P ParaLock Plotter, aka "shortie"
Garmin's "Where To?", what up?
Inmarsat IsatPhone, bring it on!
M.E. media people, Panbo has an idea!
Automatic Sea Vision, 360 24/7
B&G RaceVision 3000, decked out
AmbientNAV Alpha, & a wee rant
Raymarine G-Series, hints!
Battle of the 14" TV dishes, ongoing
Amerigo mobile nav, open source
Maretron's N2K Analyzer, a shy beauty
Cockpit MAC, w/ touchpad
"Touchscreen", mind the meanings!
HP TouchSmart, a good pilothouse PC?
Navionics 2008, cruising with Giuseppe
Sprint cell coverage map, damn lies!
Globalstar, new satellites & a "gap report"
Globalstar vs Iridium, no winner
AnyTrack? Not around here!
Magellan Crossover, a so-so AIO PND so far
Tacktick Micronet, part 2
Raymarine ST70, looks hot!
Furuno NavNet 3D, a teaser
Tacktick Micronet, part 1
"Lost Claws", a homie
Distributed power, no bus, no code
Freestyle MP3 player, really waterproof
Seetrac Solo, more tender tracking
Lowrance N2K FM/VHF, and more
Hurricane tracking, XM & more
Rendez-vous, clever use of AIS standards
TDI inverters & converters, modular & hot swappable
HF weather broadcasts, & DMS, revisited
Pilot's bag, part 2 (belated)
Reporter Wireless, catch a thief
Lighted Charts, for the man who...
Handheld DSC VHF/GPS, I wish!
Spot, another tracker/beacon
MOB Guardian, & a cruise ship alarm?
TracMe, not a real PLB
WAAS weirdness, part III
Digital chart art? Come to Rockland!
14' of boat, 24" of screen, & more WAAS
WASS wacky, watch out!
Northstar 8000i & VEI & Furuno, @ 40k+
TH Class B, & come on FCC!
Swift Hitch, first viewing
Krill SS BB PC, N2K too
Camden Harbor Master, WTF
On SoZ with Bruce, & FUBAR
Bebi LEDs, from Fiji yet
Hella red/white LED, touch dimming too
Boatsense revisited, works good
Yamaha Command Link, NMEA 2000 or not?
Garmin 3D AIS, & an 0183 issue
The Panbo lab, show business!
Bird zapper, a test undone
Garmin 5212, sexy time!
Surface and multi-touch charting, oh yeah
Garmin NMEA 2000, good news!
PAS-Thru Box, a NMEA 0183 necessity?
Waterproof cameras, and gadget lust
KVH TP V7, big news for big boats
Charts etc., we've just gotten started
Boston ferries collide, lack of AIS?
Nauticast B, the hardware
Gar & Ray 5" fish finding, first impressions
Lowrance NMEA 2000, going red
Real world AIS B #3, jumping bean plots
Cell data rules, scary
Electra, Lyman-Morse on a roll
Real world AIS B #2, the name game
AIS Class B, real world #1
Panbo offshore, 3rd try
Nauticast B, the testing begins
Panbo offshore, sporadic
Pilot's bag, part 1
Milt, from mid Atlantic
Penobscot Pilot, squared away
Racing Visions of Johanna, two handed
Write the gov'ment, HF weather & AIS B
Heywhatsthat, more fun with maps
Data bridging, a good thing
AIS, this 'n' that #6
0183 or 2000, you tell me (& G.)
J/100's, 'lectronically loaded
Garmin NMEA 2000, not really!
Garmin's new XM Weather, first impression
Purosol Screen Cleaner, wicked good
Najade, lovin the old Furuno
Wetter Infobox, smart design
V2, up & running
Electra & Panbo V2, psyched for the weekend
Gadget sizes, the eye can fail
Garmin 545 videos, thanks Bluewaterpirate
Milt Baker, Bermuda bound
Garmin Developer Zone, wow?
One Eighteen, pilot with camera
Boatsense, hip hip for the home team
Busted, more Garmin smarts
Nomadness, geeked to the max
More Garmin, smart menus
Ugo's spider cat, now in Cannes
Faria Maestro, in print and on line
Lady Moura, aground at Cannes
BMW Oracle Racing, going down?
Radar reflectors, do they really work?
Garmin 3D fishfinding, something new
Globalstar bet, & the South Atlantic Anomaly
Empress of the North, & Hanus Rock
Garmin 545 & 430, screens & numbers
RFU w/ RDF, so bad we missed Cape Cod
AIS, this 'n' that #5
Cobra F80 #2, in the lab
Cobra F80, and what to do about G.O.?
Workin the WiFi, & Skype at SetSail
Onboard Pelagic, keeping it real
The photo contest conundrum, great circles!
At the office, wireless in the B.V.I.
EarthNC Plus, & I'm outta here...
EarthNC Online, woohoo
Lowrance iWay 600c, impressions #2
i-Blue GPS/logger, wireless & solar too
AIS misinformation, and a worry
Garmin 545s, just a taste
Universal remote followup, hello Nevo
TackTick, on the yardarm
Boutilier Collection, a PMM gem
Lowrance iWay 600c, impressions #1
Si-Tex 15, & a naive idea
Raymarine A60, a Garmin blocker?
Class B & the FCC, sounds good
Big storm, how about a contest?
ActiveCaptain gets busy, & international
Ericsson W25 fixed cellular, and a look back
Engenius 3220EXT WiFi, happy sailor
Shakespeare CruiseNet, supercellularistic?
Crappy Class A AIS data, some stats
C-Map fishing charts, all but the bait
FCC approves 1st Class B, now what?
Sea Diamond sinks, bad current?
Murphy HelmView, the many faces of
UGRIB, nicely done and priced right!
Cross Channel AIS, part 2
CruzPro Max110, geek gauge
Reader Systems, BoatGuy checks in
AIS Class B, messages & data fields
Grooving to Colon, another E-Series
Yipe, crossing the Channel with AIS
Garmin, a juggernaut?
Garmin buys Nautamatic, sweeeeet!
SeaKey v2, seems a lot better
BGAN, beginning on boats?
MarineBiz TV, from Dubai of course
Magellan Crossover,
Bug list #1...Icom, Ray, Garmin, etc....a series?
Si-Tex eLoran, some mysteries
Faria WatchDog 750, multi mode comms
Jeppesen C-Map, the press conference
Done deal, Navico never sleeps
More I.M.E., good work takes time
Top-flippin flip-flops, a W.W.
Simrad A150 Class B AIS, color yet
GrandCentral, maybe cruiser cool
Coastal Explorer AIS, plaudits!
How big a radar, anyway?
Krill, flushing over IP
AIS on SAR planes, plus a chip
New DST reminder, and some tide notes
Ideal marine electronics, Mac Mini version
Ideal marine electronics, show us your stuff
Ideal marine electronics, the premise
Cobras are in the house, & mistakes are made
MacENC meets Furuno NavNet BB, a grin
SharpEye radar...look, Ma, no magnetron!
Head's up, a nav contest
Speaking of AIS, the Raymarine Podcast
Class B AIS, ruminations
ACR Nauticast B, a new Class B playa
WaveRV WiFi revisited, 400mw redefined?
Garmin 5xxx, more thoughts
"Lit Up" lights off, no further problems
XML feed, email subscription too!
Logitech Harmony, play stump the remote
Ray218, first impressions
Multihull madness #2, the Stealth 540 delivers
NDI, bye bye?
AIS Miami, good times
XM + Sirius, just when the live weather war heats up
WiFi, an interesting hybrid and a damn rip-off
Boat Show Craziness, and a wee dram of brag
Navico buys BNTME, hello Simrancestarman!
Garmin 5000 series for real, and here comes Faria
NavAid2, geeks on guitars
Multihull madness #1, Earthrace
Globalstar's problem, how bad?
Bon Pigall, heck of a research vessel
AIS news, Class B and more
Yet more LifeTag, battery issue resolved?
Ow, that hurt!
Vista revisited, and check the cool Globalstar
AIS simulation, a couple of ways
MS Vista, a marine PC train wreck?
Jeppesen & C-Map, "the game changes"?
C-Map 2007 cards, super gigando MAX sizes
More marine POI review sites, will one dominate?
ActiveCaptain.com, the POI bomb!
New England Wireless and Steam Museum, a must visit
More on POI access, Navionics weighs in
Captn. Jack's Maptech/Garmin bundle, a winner
Atomic watch, and industry chatter
LightShip, a good little sucker
More thoughts on LifeTag, a battery issue for some
ACR ResQFix PLB...smaller, cheaper, better!
Lowrance iWay 600c, a slick combo?
Iris PC radar, a new face
Raymarine & Remote Knowledge, very interesting!
DeLorme Blue Logger, my bad
Raymarine LifeTag, Part 2
USCG Loran shut down comments, worth making
Raymarine LifeTag MOB system, well done!
Worthy Seaworthy magazine, EAC identified
Velocitek S10, for speed freaks
GPS to GE, best way?
Simrad sensor toss, the other Simrad
Piratecom, do-it-all headsets
AIS duplex vs multiplex, EasyAIS gets it right
What's the best on-deck, hands-free headset rig?
Touch-screen Garmin 5000 Series? I'll be...
A New Year's Good Wish, from Maine
"Best of" lists, your favs?
Almost 2007, still time to catch the Cluetrain
Here comes 2007, ENCs + GE = EarthNC
Merry Christmas, and a heavy weather how-to
Northstar/Navman AIS plotting, lookin good
Another AIS Class B glitch, & a parser in a pear tree
Esense, the ooo-la-la Wally 143
RTFM, another side of the acronym
FCC drops Morse Code test, Ham on your HF easier
Weekend weirdness, tis the season
Mind your March tide table, new DST and T&C
Argonaut's bargain marine monitor, pretty good so far
Replay replayed, Panbo got video
Your friendly neighborhood DSC watch, smart!
VHF replay, more than just a good idea
Jeppesen ECS, AIS to the max
Comment comment
Weekend weirdness, USCG fleet failure
Foolproof fuel fill, NMEA 2000 or not
One-channel-at-a-time receivers, another Class B problem?
Getting ready for Class B, does your AIS plotter do DR?
Less expensive XM Weather, Navionics Gold+ too
Northstar discovers cousins, lots of them!
Weekend weirdness, New Orleans edition
NavSim, new products for sailors and pros
Freezer Safe, minding the box
Tiki Navigator, worth a look see
A new Nexus, and new systems
Zenarc 10" touch screen monitor, in the field
Big trouble in the Southern Ocean, but the electronics work
Pentax Optio W20, another waterproof digital camera
KVH M3 earns award, and competitor
Optea XLMulti, a boat projector?
State of Panbo, Mea Culpa edition
AIS B, shipping in Europe
METS, so much more
More N2K happiness, and a little more nonsense
Garmin 4000 first impression: hot damn!
Garmin 2007, feast of features, including NMEA 2000
Hanging with Van Gogh, a Panbo stretch
If Garmin's like Apple, will the next Capt. Cook be a geocacher?
POIs, what do you think?
Maretron & Carling, more N2K happiness, mostly
Jeff cruises south, cell yay, WiFi nay
Subscriptions for Soldiers, a good thing
Argonaut 15" monitor under $1,000, and other good new$
Boat guy turns 60, (the new 50, right?)
PowerSign from Paneltronics, a winner but?
Stealth 540, psyched over a blank helm
TR-1 Gladiator, getting its due
Raymarine G's, seriously hunky monitors
Search/thermal combo, makes some sense
SiMON trackball alarm system, how cool is this?
FLIR at FLIBS, and thank you BMW
Simrad GB60, more than meets the eye
The GPS universe in a box, a visit to ACR
SevenStar Class B AIS transponder, a new face
NK2 at NMEA, happy stuff
Simrad doesn't do NMEA 2000, NOT!
Who's driving that big rig? (#3, ouch!)
Farewell to Cape Town, GE style
The SA 7,000 mile test sail, and TackTick mystery
St Francis & Safari 50's, cat crazy Cape Town
The Whisper launch, hybrid with a story
One tough power cat, Furuno on board
Panbo in Cape Town, so far away and yet...
Marine Lightning Protection, revolutionary?
The State of Panbo, 10/1/2006
EPIRB love, after sinking by whale
Iridium, great service, but in lieu of EPIRB?
Who's driving that big rig? (#2, he's asleep!)
Two old guys, and a Garmin, part 2
Weekend weirdness: a DIY dink-sized car
Two old guys, and a Garmin, part 1
Simrad GB60, so connected!
Monitor hoods, they really work
QMS, interesting WiFi solution, lousy return policy
Tender tracking, good for exploring too
Weekend weirdness: hybrid power cat
Bluewater, belt and suspenders, another belt and...
Nobeltec 9, lots'o'goodies
U.S. Boating Charts DVD...nice, but what about updates?
Ping pong balls, panty hose, and DSP
Sailor Receiver/RDF, elephant proof
Weekend extra: can't wait for waterproof cells!
Simrad Glass Bridge, who knew?
Marine Electronics 1985, please show me your old stuff
RadioLabs USB Marine WiFi, the one?
Garmin AIS revisited, a dite dissappointing
Shanghai dawn, with pretty darn good radar
Triple eye candy, the NVTi 5000/6000
Congress cutting NOAA chart funding, I wonder?
High tech submarine, off the shelf plotter
Shanghai sunset, mostly a sweet memory
The AIS receiver test, testing is hard!
Class B AIS, U.S. gets it last?
Captn. Jack is back, and lookin good
Testing the KVH TracVision M3, continued
Navman 8120, test impressions #1
Navionics fixes ledge, comments on C-Map deal
KVH TV on an MFD, YGWYPF
Boeing/Jeppesen/Nobeltec buy C-Map, meaning ???
A Panbo break, a good one!
Ralph gets TV, the amazing KVH M3
Sorry, at boat show, no time to post today
Who's driving that big rig (#1, AIS who?)?
Krill Systems, monitoring for the rest of us?
Trueheading AIS-CTRX, Class B is shaping up
InteliSea, a new name in high-end monitoring
Classy hazy days of summer
AIS-equipped weather bouys, multitasking big time
Expanded US AIS requirements, good for Class B?
To transpond or not, part 2
To transpond or not to transpond, that is the question.
A scary cat, why we love AIS
Wired weekend, Ralph's got some testing to do
WiFi Wayne's way, USB economy?
Bent props 3, pictures by Garmin
Sirius vs XM, the coverage footprints
Bent at Burnt Coat, part 2
Neato, my magazine work is getting back online
Bent at Burnt Coat, another cautionary chart tale
Gonna be a few changes around here!
Cell weather radar, dirt cheap or DIY
Sirius vx XM, doing thunderstorms, (updated)
AIS on the Web, an update
PocketMail, keeps on ticking
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Digital Radar #2, Garmin open array
Digital Radar #1, Northstar HD
BNT sale, rumors and speculation
Live marine weather, Sirius vs XM, the prolog
Curtis I. C-Map Max style, and a Panbo apology
Navionics Silver, how much detail?
Back to business, with SoZ
Gizmo found, Web the hero!
Battle geeks...you'll laugh, you'll cry
Gizmo gone!
AIS Class A, very much in the Spirit of Zopilote
Weather Caster 2.0, an Airmar WS update
Raymarine E- and C-Series, the NMEA 0183 limitation
NavPlanner 3.13, still needs work
Ultrasonic Weather Wars, w/ Raymarine as Switzerland
Maretron Weather Station, first impressions
This 'n' that, #1
RayTech 6.0, first impressions
Bermuda Race, transponders & editors
J 42 Finesse, Bermuda bound
Port Networks WiFi bridge, another approach
Athena, and "ProBoat" good news
Cellular online, and other adventures in GSM
Georeferenced panoramas, and happy to be home again
Sea Ray Navigator...soggy carpet, happy customer
Cellular weather another way, amazing
NavGator, a multi OS charting program
Laptop down, a cautionary tale
Blogging on a bus...trying, and liking, cellular Internet
DSC DOH!, the M.821 gotcha
DSC position requests, a whole lotta beep'n going on
Super Cheater, do they make 'em like they used to?
Memorial Day, "Don't let the bastards grind you down"
The solid state disk (SSD), gotta be good for marine electronics
What's up with Stidd, a "success disaster"?
GYM SIM, call me up in Liechtenstein
NMEA 0183 wiring, why it bugs me
Comments comment, the damned spammers
Sea Tow Boston power cat, equipped to search, sort of
Sea Tow Boston, the best harbor cam anywhere?
A waterproof cell phone, and the great Skype tease
Garmin G2, talk about photography!
Olympus Stylus 720 SW camera, waterproof for sure!
Gizmo rides again, and the SoftChart color palette appreciated
Boston Harbor simulator, and blowing stuff up
USCG finally kills LORAN?, hopefully a red herring
Maptech buys ...#2, the plan
Maptech buys the Capn, Captain Jack's, SoftChart, & MarinePlanner.com
David Ritblatt #2, man of aphorisms
David Ritblatt #1, the MEJ interview
Navman introduces NavPix, photographic waypoints
Pocket Navigator SP, with a fab weather page
Simrad engine display, better than dials?
Annapolis frees the WiFi, with some ads
Navman 8120, is the "C120 killer" dead?
Brunswick to sell BNT, Ben Baffled
Shakespeare's ART-3, check your transmitting power!
AIS, this 'n' that #4
Icom's CommandMicIII, and some (juvenile) electronics humor
The Raymarine warranty #2, bad news from powerboat.about.com
The Raymarine warranty #1, truth and fiction
Mind the flares, a product recall
Zeus (4), IPS joystick, and what does it all mean?
The power of Zeus, part 3
The power of Zeus, part 2
All U.S. raster charts and a charting program, fifty bucks!
Panbo and I, a first anniversary
Zeus 1, the most innovative electronics at Miami was a propulsion system!?!
Airmar Weather Station, really here and really works
Settling into Boston, with a few gizmos
Garmin AIS, what I know so far
AIS, this 'n' that #3
Satamatics Inmarsat D+, looking for smart VARs
Asylum, a funkilicious sanpan houseboat
Gunboat 62, wicked fast too
Uniden Mystic, a new lease on life
Garmin 478, another big step
Sea Smart 3, & what about Rescue 21?
Sea Smart 2, the roll out and AVL
Sea Smart, welcome back the marine operator!
Garmin BlueChart G2, what do they look like?
SAIL's FKP innovation awards, the PDF
Navionics card reader, a Windows 'gotcha'
Buying a new cell phone, and other personal matters
Simrad Remote, a NMEA 2000 surprise
Hotbox, a cell-powered WiFi hotspot
More LowranceNet, and a NMEA 2000 'gotcha'
LowranceNet 2, good news for NMEA 2000
Lowrance's Fish-Lo-K-Tor, the good old days?
New Furuno fishfinders, DSP and stylin
Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC), a nice mini plotter?
X-keys Stick, an interesting PC/Mac nav accessory
Another trawler, PC centric for sure
Boat dreams, sometimes don't work out
LowranceNet 2, look what's in the basement!
Cold weather sailing, with Furuno
But, wait, the CPV can display AIS targets
I'm busy, but these guys are workin!
In Miami, with Fish'n'Chip
Kerala four logger, not even a nail!
Heard in Miami: "Got any engineers?"
Standard Horizon CPV350, a super combo?
Remote bottom mapping, who but Lowrance?
AIS, this 'n' that #2
Miami Boat Show, back in one piece but busy
"With apologies to Masefield", author unknown
Charting, this 'n' that #2
Capn Voyager, playing AIS chicken over IP
Raymarine in Miami, a "sneak peak"
NemaTalker, a tester's friend
Google Earth again, marine mashups
Why you should know about Woot
Northstar 8000i, new radar too
KVH MSN wireless broadband, for boats, in Miami
The $100 tablet ECS, an eBay marvel
Panbo rocks!, and makes a tiny difference
ECS roundup, your suggestions please!
C-Map lighthouse, not as bad as it seemed
"Obstructions that cover", there's more
Free Furuno, you could get a makeover!
"Obstructions that cover", the plot thickens
Lowrance NauticPath, the rock problem
Simrad buys Lowrance, very, very interesting
Weekend special: memorable boat names
Octoplex, using a computer to turn on a light bulb?
OctoPlex, the three cable boat, and NMEA 2000
Maximus, just what will 6 mill get you?
Lowrance NauticPath charts, and holy cow handheld
The charter cat's electronics, a little annoying
Panbo in Abaco, technical difficulties
Ben's big catamaran adventure
Run silent, run deep... for generations
The very unhappy customer, a phenom
AIS targets on a PDA?, yes indeed!
Ben's big submarine adventure
COTS yes, Garmin on a Sub
FreeNavCharts.com, hype alert!
Computer charting this and that, #1
Clean my screen, seriously
Northstar 8000i, the touch screen
Northstar 8000i, the architecture
The first chart plotter, 1985 & Italian
USCGC "Smackinaw", ultra electronics gone awry
Wild Oats, a carbon nav hodge podge
C-Map Max Pro, a new chart format for a new year
Happy holidays, who's the geek now?
AIS near miss, Malacca Straits, part 2
Mochi Craft, stylish details
Navionics Platinum, interesting details
AIS, this and that #1
M-Tec marine cellular, a new player
Outdoor Navigator becomes Activemap, and free
Marine electronics, the $ number
Uniden ES VHF series, late but great
More METs, LED's everywhere
Mind the leap second, an AIS 'gotcha'
SkyScout, a gizmo for celestial navigators?
The Man Remote, a Friday giggle
Class B AIS transponder for $500, maybe
CruzPro, the big little company you never heard of
AutoAnchor, a PC connection
Guest blogging, Jeff Hummel at METS
C-Map PC Planner 10.0, bellissimo!
Near miss, AIS in the Malacca Straits
Offshore Systems 3271, the perfect fuel tank sensor?
Instruments, goodies from TackTick and B&G
Kaleidescape Entertainment Server, mega cool
NOAA's free rasters, happening
Northstar Pilot, a Navman winner
More mega, the phone thing
Garmin 2006 new marine products, a slew
Maretron ultrasonic wind sensor, the plot thickens
$45 U.S. chart DVD, that's what I'm talking about
ReVA, who's the geek now?
BoatU.S. magazine, fact check please!
Garmin 376C, holy mackerel!
A "rack" of screens, how many is enough?
AIS at Lauderdale, lots
Maptech + Rose Point = Chart Navigtor Pro!
SmartCraft, the parallel universe
FLIBS, I'm going!
The raster flow begins, a CE first?
More AIS...bad data, bad plot?
Flash: forum on Ft. Lauderdale show
Class B AIS, part 2
Class B AIS, the devil's in the details, part 1
The 1,000 day electronics test, a guest blog
Furuno FLS, a category stimulated